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Patent GB-1113746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to multi-storeyed buildings made of prefabricated units and method of constructing same
IPC: E04B1/343
Filed: 1966-10-03
Abstract: 1,113,746. Multi-storey buildings. M. P. REINAUT. 3 Oct., 1966 [7 Oct., 1965], No. 44105/66. Heading E1A. In a multi-storey building comprising a skeleton framework 3, 4, 5 of vertical posts to which superimposed core units 2 of storey height are attached, each unit 2 has wall, floor, ceiling and partition panels such as 7, 11 hinged thereto which on assembly are unfolded and secured to the framework, to one another and to adjacent core units as appropriate. Each unit 2 contains service conduits for gas, electricity and water together with heating and ventilation means, ladder 27 and working platform 28. The panels may be provided with cupboards, doors, windows and service conduits as necessary and one or more subsidiary core units 32 may be incorporated in each storey. A metal floor structure supported on beams and incorporating heat and sound insulation is disposed between adjacent storeys.
Patent GB-1275007-A (GB)
Title: High silicon over-laying alloy
Inventor: OTA KEIICHI
IPC: B23K35/30
Filed: 1970-09-16
Abstract: 1275007 Welding by fusion NIPPON SILICOLLOY KOGYO KK 16 Sept 1970 44275/70 Heading B3R [Also in Division C7] A hard-surfacing alloy comprises:- the balance, apart from impurities, being Fe. The alloy may be applied to a workpiece by arc welding using an A.I.S.I., stainless steel, 3À04-L (i.e. < 0À03% C, <1% Si, <2% Mn, 9-13% Ni and 18-28% Cr) electrode coated with appropriate amounts of Si, Mn, Mo, W, Cu &c.
Patent GB-1467806-A (GB)
Title: Flexible pipe joints
IPC: F16L27/10
Filed: 1973-09-21
Abstract: 1467806 Pipe joints UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY 13 Aug 1974 [21 Sept 1973] 44469/73 Heading F2G A flexible pipe joint comprises a tie member 1 and an expansible sleeve 2, the tie member incorporating three coaxially arranged series of parallel tie bars secured to end fittings 5 and 6 each series comprising a cylindrical array of tie bars which have a common axis. The expansible sleeve 2 comprises a bellows pair 7 and the end pieces 8, 9 provide abutments 10, 11 for the end fitting 5, 6 of the tie member, jacking set bolts 12 being mounted on the abutment 10 of end piece 8 to provide means to adjust the tension in the tie member such that misalignment of the end fittings can be accommodated.  In a second embodiment modified tubular end fittings, having three series of coaxial tie bars extending therebetween, are connected at each end to the end pieces of the bellows pair through abutment rings having part spherical seatings to allow for misalignment of the end fittings, tension in the tie bars being adjustable by means of a collar screwing on to one of the end fittings and bearing on one end piece. In a third embodiment the tie member is formed from a cylindrical tube having integral end fittings, the tube being slotted longitudinally to form the tie bars, the number of which can be increased by the inclusion of two or more such cylindrical tubes arranged coaxially.
Patent GB-919906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to precooking farinaceous products such as cereals and legumes
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 1960-12-30
Abstract: 919,906. " Instant-type "cereals and legumes. QUAKER OATS CO. Dec. 30, 1960 [April 4, 1960], No. 44705/60. Class 49. [Also in Group I] Cereals such as maize, oats, barley and wheat, and legumes such as peas, lentils, beans including pinto beans, lima beans, soybeans, and peanuts, or eny mixtures of these, are precooked to give a product which can be consumed as it is or served hot or cold after rehydration with cold or boiling water, or milk, by contacting finely divided particles of the cereal or legume, in highly dispersed form, with a heat-affording medium at elevated temperature for a period of at least 2 seconds (but normally less than 200 seconds) and in the presence of sufficient total moisture to give a precooked product which, prior to any drying, has a moisture content in the range of 15 to 50% by weight, wet basis. Particle sizes passing a No. 6, preferably a No. 20, sieve of the U.S. Sieve Series and temperatures in excess of 150 F., optimally 190-220 F., are suitable. The heat-affording medium may be steam or a hot gas. The cereal or legume may be pre-wetted by water spray to a moisture content in the range of 15 to 50% by weight, wet basis, to favour modification of starch during the precooking. An instant-type Polenta may be prepared by grinding uncooked maize, pre-wetting the resulting meal, agitating and contacting the meal with steam about atmospheric pressure for 5-45 seconds, drying the precooked product to a moisture content less than 15% by weight, wet basis, and grinding and cooling the dried product. Additives such as sugar, wheat flour, tapioca flour, flavouring and colouring may be added to the cereal or legume before precooking. Certain of the many examples given refer to the preparation of soups from an admixture of the precooked product and conventional ingredients. Ground cereal or legume may be precooked in a cylindrical vessel 10 provided with rapidly rotating steel blades 13a . . .13g and inlets for prewetting water 17 and steam 18, 19, and 20.
Patent GB-1520640-A (GB)
Title: Automotive power system
IPC: F01L1/12
Filed: 1975-10-30
Abstract: 1520640 Combustion products engines G L DYER 30 Oct 1975 [18 Nov 1974] 44851/75 Heading F1S [Also in Division B7]  Motor vehicle propulsion plant comprises a compressor 27 which supplies compressed air through a conduit 32 to a combustion chamber 25 where it is mixed with fuel supplied by a pump, combustion products from the chamber 25 being fed through a conduit 30 to compressor motor 26 which drives the compressor 27 and through a conduit 37 to a reversible drive motor 35 which drives the rear axle of the vehicle. The compressor motor 26 and the compressor 27 are constituted by the respective cylinder banks of a V-16 pistontype engine unit, the intake and exhaust manifolds 31, 40 of the compressor motor 26 being connected to the conduit 30 and an exhaust system 38 respectively and the exhaust manifold 33 of the compressor 27 being connected to the conduit 32. The combustion chamber 25 may be cylindrical, spherical or egg-shaped and has a steel shell 201, Fig. 9, lined with a cushioning layer of silica alumina felt 202 on which is mounted insulating firebrick 203. Fuel supplied by a fuel pump 219 driven by the compressor and compressor motor crank-shaft 28 is delivered to the combustion chamber 25 through a nozzle 213 located in the conduit 32 from the compressor. When starting from cold either gaseous methane or an ethanol/ water mixture is supplied through a nozzle 211 depending on the temperature sensed in the chamber 25 by a sensor 221, and ignited by an incandescent wire 212. The drive motor 35 is a 12-cylinder in-line piston-type unit having mounted on its crank-shaft a pinion which meshes with a ring gear coupled to differential gearing 34 incorporated in the rear axle. The speed and direction of the drive motor 35 are controlled by longitudinal displacement of its cam-shaft which has formed thereon intake and exhaust valve lobes shaped so that the intake and exhaust valves of the motor are opened by varying amounts and for varying periods of time according to the position of the shaft. Extending from the cam-shaft is a rack 182, Fig. 10, engaged by a pinion 181 which is connected to a cable 195 to a wheel 183 having slots 191, 194 which receive pins 188, 193 provided on forward and reverse control pedals 187, 192. A brake pedal 198 carries a pivoted bar 199 which may be positioned in the path of a projection 200 on the reverse pedal 192 so that depression of the reverse pedal 192 during forward travel applies the wheel brakes in addition to producing regenerative braking as the drive motor 35 pumps air into the combustion chamber 25. The compressor 27 also has a longitudinally displaceable cam-shaft by means of which the amount of compressed air delivered to the combustion chamber 25 is controlled in dependence on the pressure in the chamber.
Patent GB-1440810-A (GB)
Title: Hot melt adhesive
IPC: H01B3/44
Filed: 1973-09-25
Abstract: 1440810 Hot melt adhesive compositions RAYCHEM CORP 25 Sept 1973 [25 Sept 1972] 44890/73 Headings C3P and C3R Hot melt adhesive compositions comprise compatible mixtures of (a) an acidic ethylene copolymer having an acid number of 3 to 80, (b) a polyamide having an amine number of 70 to 400 and (c) 3 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts of (a) and (b) of a tackifying agent, the relative proportions by weight of (a) and (b) being 30 : 70 to 60 : 40. The copolymer may be derived from ethylene and an unsaturated acid, optionally together with an ester of an unsaturated alcohol or an unsaturated acid, and may be prepared by direct copolymerization or by partial saponification of an unsaturated acid ester copolymer followed by acidification. The polyamide may be derived from dibasic acids, preferably consisting predominantly of "dimer acid", and diamines and/or monoalkanolamines. The tackifier may be a rosin derivative, chlorinated paraffin, ester, epoxidized ester, vegetable oil, lead stearate, terpene resin, vinyl toluene copolymer, orketone resin. The compositions may also contain conventional additives and may be used for bonding plastics to plastics or metals, particularly polyethylene sleeves to polyethylene- and lead-covered cable junctions and terminations. Examples describe (1 and 2) the preparation of polyamides from "dimer acid", hydrogenated "dimer diamine" and ethylene diamine; and adhesive compositions comprising (3) ethylene/vinyl acetate/methacrylic acid terpolymers, the above polyamides and ketone resin tackifier; (4) ethylene/vinyl acetate/methacrylic acid terpolymers, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers, partially hydrolysed ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene/vinyl propionate/ tetrahydrophthalic acid terpolymers or ethylene/mixed mono- and diethyl maleate terpolymers, the above or various commercial polyamides and ketone resin tackifier; and (5) ethylene/vinyl acetate/methacrylic acid copolymer, "dimeracid"/ethylene diamine polyamide and tackifiers selected from ketone resins, rosin derivatives, chlorinated biphenyl, chlorinated paraffin, triethylene glycol di- (2-ethylhexoate), N-ethyl toluene sulphonamides and epoxy plasticizers.
Patent GB-1520275-A (GB)
Title: Composite waveguide structures
IPC: H01P1/04
Filed: 1975-08-04
Abstract: 1520275 Waveguide joints MARCONI CO Ltd 4 Aug 1975 [9 Oct 1974] 44918/74 Heading H1W Waveguide parts are accurately connected by means of a cast body of settable material which provides a rigid key between the parts to be connected. The material is a metal alloy having a low melting point and which expands on cooling. As shown, waveguides 6, 7, &c., are joined to a common feeder-block 1, having waveguide passages 2, 3, &c., by means of keys 11 formed by the settable material case into annular grooves 8, 10 formed in the waveguides and the block. A heatable mandrel may be used to melt the key of any waveguide it is desired to remove. In a modification (Fig. 3, not shown), the ends of two waveguides are abutted within a collar to which the waveguides are rigidly attached by annular keys cast into corresponding grooves in the waveguides and the collar. The waveguides are located in the collar by means of a removable mandrel which may be electrically heated.
Patent GB-1395078-A (GB)
Title: Control of the temperature of fluidized beds
IPC: F28D13/00
Filed: 1972-09-29
Abstract: 1395078 Fluidized beds CESKOSLOVENSKA AKADEMIE VED 29 Sept 1972 [29 Sept 1971] 44951/72 Heading F4U and F4B [Also in Division B1] A method of controlling the temperature of a fluidized bed of particulate material comprises passing fluidizing gas 6 into the bed via openings 3a-3f disposed at different levels throughout a lower portion of the bed, and varying the flow rate of the fluidizing gas to vary the amount of heat passing between the bed and a heat exchanger 4 disposed in the bed. Preferably, the perforate floor 5 forms a series of V- channels. As shown, in operation, the layer 2 is fluidized whereas the layer 1 is non-fluidized. However the flow rate of the fluidizing gas may be increased sufficiently to move the lower boundary of the fluidized layer 2 downwardly with the heat exchanger 4 is totally surrounded by the fluidized layer 2. The maximum quantity of heat is thereby removed from the bed.
Patent GB-1432036-A (GB)
Title: Tantalum capacitor and method of manufacture therefor
IPC: H01G9/012
Filed: 1973-09-27
Abstract: 1432036 Electrolytic capacitors P R MALLORY & CO Inc 27 Sept 1973 [17 Nov 1972] 45352/73 Heading H1M Anode riser 10 of a liquid or as shown solid electrolytic tantalum capacitor is coated with polymeric material so as to provide an interface where creepage of electrolyte is minimized. The risk of short-circuiting and, in the case of very low capacitance capacitors, contribution to capacitance by the riser, is thus reduced. The coating may be applied as a sleeve of, e.g. polyester, which is then heated so that it flows, or by dipping or brushing, before or after the oxide is formed on the anode. As shown anode riser 10 is integral with a pin head portion which is coated with tantalum, niobium or aluminium particles by plasma spray deposition to form the effective anode. Alternatively the riser may be embedded in or welded to the anode (Figs. 3, 4, not shown).
Patent GB-455890-A (GB)
Abstract: 455,890. Disc mills. KEMP, W. C., 3, Sandhurst Avenue, and LEGGETT, A., The Firs, Felixstowe Road, both in Ipswich. March 2, 1936, No. 6312. [Class 59] In a disc mill in which the discs are carried in carriers, one of the discs has rigidly secured to it a plurality of members which extend from the non-operating face of the disc and are mounted in the corresponding carrier for axial movement parallel with the axis of rotation, the disc being spring biased to move toward the other disc with a floating action. As shown the grinding discs 4, 5, are grooved on both faces and are reversible, the disc 4 being fixed to the casing 1 and the disc 5 to a plate 2 revolving with the shaft 3. The disc 5 is secured by bolts 15 to sleeves 9 slidable in the plate 2 and is resiliently spaced from the plate by spring supported plugs 12. Packing 16 prevents material obtaining access to the back of the plate.
Patent GB-1008452-A (GB)
Title: Piperidyl-(4) benzhydryl ether derivatives
IPC: C07D211/94
Filed: 1962-12-03
Abstract: The invention comprises compounds of the general formula <FORM:1008452/C2/1> (wherein R and R1 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a C1- 6 alkyl or alkoxy group, and R2 represents a alkyl or cycloalkyl group containing not more than six carbon atoms) and acid addition and quaternary salts thereof, and their preparation by oxidizing the parent amine or an acid addition salt thereof, optionally followed by acid addition or quaternary salt formation.  The compounds of the invention are tranquilizers and potentiate barbiturate sedation; they may be administered orally or parenterally, e.g. in aqueous solution.
Patent GB-1053375-A (GB)
IPC: E03D5/012
Filed: 1966-12-21
Abstract: 1,053,375. Pump-discharged closets. J. A. CADWALLADER. March 20, 1963 [Dec. 21, 1961; Feb. 14, 1962], Nos. 45754/61 and 5630/62. Heading E1C. A water closet comprises a bowl 1 with an outlet 6 (having a valve 7), and a pump 4 to displace excrement and water under air pressure along a pipe 8. The pump 4 pumps water to the bowl with an airtight transparent lid 10 to flush it and then air for air pressure. The lid 10 and seat 9 are hinged to the bowl 1 about different axes, for one to be raised up while the other is on the bowl. A modification has a valve so that the pump can be connected to the bowl to flush it or to a container below the bowl having a valued outlet so that air can be pumped into it to displace excrement therethrough. The pipe 8 may have a loop above the external water level, the part 19 of which is transparent, or the loop may be below it with a sea cock 20.
Patent GB-1489622-A (GB)
Title: Sewing machine
IPC: D05B35/10
Filed: 1974-10-24
Abstract: 1489622 Sewing guide UNION SPECIAL MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH 24 Oct 1974 [25 Oct 1973] 45983/74 Heading D1G A work guide comprises a work supporting plate and an upper plate 5', 5' between which is disposed an edge guiding portion 4' to which the edge of the work is urged by the action of an angled rotatable roller 6' which contacts the work. As shown, the roller has a bevelled edge and two rollers with two plates 5' are disposed each side of a centre plate 5' so that two sheets of material may have their edges aligned with each other. The roller is supported in a bearing block 7 so as to allow adjustment of its axis.
Patent GB-1033110-A (GB)
Title: Bowling ball path indicator
IPC: A63D5/04
Filed: 1963-11-21
Abstract: The Specification relates to a system for use with a plurality of bowling lanes, for sensing in each lane the balls remaining standing after the first ball of a frame, computing the optimium ball path for the second ball of the frame by means of a single computing unit which is commoner to all the lanes, and for indicating said path on the respective one of a plurality of indicators of the type described in Specification 1,030,191, said indicators being mounted one above each lane.  The pinsensing means takes the form of switches mounted on the pinsetter decks of each lane, the switches being actuated by pins remaining standing to operate (i) lamps on the corresponding indicator board, and (ii) computer relays which prime the computer by opening and/or closing appropriate contacts therein.  The contacts of the computer relays are scanned by a first stepper relay which senses those which are energized and actuates a second stepper relay which in effect counts the energized computer relays, i.e. the pins remaining standing.  The contacts of the second relay are connected to the computer, and when the first relay has completed its scanning the computer is automatically energized to select the appropriate one of a number of further relays, the selection being dependent upon the condition of the second stepper relay, and the priming referred to at (ii) above.  The relay selected is operative to illuminate a corresponding ball path arrow on the appropriate indicator.  Switches mounted on the driving shafts of the pinsetter decks control blocking circuits which ensure that the computer receives signals from only one lane at any one time, the computer being cleared automatically after each indicating operation.
Patent GB-1479513-A (GB)
Title: Seals
IPC: F16J15/06
Filed: 1974-10-24
Abstract: 1479513 Sealing; pipe joints TAYLOR WOODROW CONSTRUCTION Ltd 15 Oct 1975 [24 Oct 1974] 46125/74 Headings F2B and F2G A cylindrical pressure vessel 1, has a main body 2, an end closure 4 and a seal assembly 5 having a surface which slidingly contacts the inner surface 15 of the body 2, a surface which slidingly contacts the inner surface of closure 4, the seal assembly comprising a carrier 6 and sealing means contacting the surfaces of the body 2 and closure 4, the carrier being annular and capable of expanding and contracting to enable it to follow radial movement of the body 2. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the carrier 6 has seals 8 and 12, seal 8 being of rubber and having an anti-extrusion plate 9 at one side and a retaining plate 10 at the other and seal 12, of fabric reinforced rubber, having a groove which receives a ring 13 to urge the lips of the groove apart. The surface 15 is tapered, as is the surface of carrier 6 engaging this, so that, in assembly, the carrier ring 6 (which may be of copper alloy) is given hoop compression by being pushed down by closure 4. On radial expansion of the body 2 under pressure, and also movement of closure 4 upwards as seen in Fig. 2, the pressure causes the seal to move and follow the surfaces. This is facilitated by PTFE coating on the contacting surfaces of the seal. In alternative embodiments the carrier 6 can be of triangular section (Figs. 5, 6, not shown), channel section (Fig. 9, not shown) or L-shaped section and the seals shown can be replaced by 0-rings in grooves (Figs. 9, 10, not shown) or a single resilient member extending between the wall 15 and the closure 4 (similar to that shown in Fig. 8). In each embodiment grooves may extend behind the seals to relieve pressure caused by leaked fluid. The embodiment shown in Fig. 8 differs in that the carrier 6 is replated by a triangular section carrier 6III engaging a bevelled surface of the closure 4 with a single seal 21 secured to the carrier 6III and having flaps 21A, 22B engaging the closure 4 and surface 15 respectively. This seal may be replaced by sealing rings in grooves of the carrier (Fig. 7, not shown). The body 2 is, as shown in Fig. 1, in several sections, between which are seals 30. As shown in Fig. 12 each seal has a body 31 having tapered surfaces 33A, 33B engaging corresponding tapers of the body sections 2 and sealing rings 35 with grooves into which rings 36 are pressed by plates 37 to bias an edge of the groove towards the respective body 2. The surfaces 33A, 33B are coated with PTFE to prevent pressure welding and have grooves to relieve pressure build-up. A protective shield plate 39 is provided. The pressure vessel 1 may be used to contain pressurized water, objects suspended from closure 4 being subjected to the water pressure for test purposes.
Patent GB-1277804-A (GB)
Title: Machine and clamp force control system therefor
Inventor: SCHWARTZ WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B29C37/00
Filed: 1969-09-18
Abstract: 1277804 Casting machines LESTER ENG CO 18 Sept 1969 [4 Nov 1968] 46143/69 Heading B3F [Also in Divisions B5 and G3] A machine having relatively movable die portions 35, 36 has means 125, 126 to sense the clamping force exerted on the die portions and means operative to compare said force to a predetermined force and adjust the position of the die portions accordingly. During the injection operation the movable die 35 and the stationary die 36 are clamped together by a piston and cylinder unit 23 acting on a toggle linkage. The die 35 is mounted on a movable die plate 40 which is connected to an adjusting die plate 41. Secured in the die plate 40 is a worm wheel 66 to which is secured an adjusting screw 67 in screwthreaded engagement with the adjusting die plate 41 so that rotation of the worm wheel 66 by hydraulic motor 24 will move the die plate 40 toward or away from the adjusting die plate 41. The clamping force exerted on the dies is measured by strain cells 125, 126 two of which are attached to each of the four frame elements  120-123. The two strain cells on each frame element are connected together to form a full four-leg bridge which is connected to an amplifier which in turn is connected to a peak reading memory pack 105-108, Fig. 4 (not shown). The four memory packs are connected via a summing amplifier (104) to a load to set-point comparator (101) which operates a control module (100) which in turn controls the operation of a double solenoid valve (85) in the hydraulic circuit and thus the operation of the hydraulic motor 24. After a casting has been ejected by the ejector assembly 79, 80 the comparator (101) compares the output of the summing amplifier with the output of a setpoint dial (103) and causes the control module (100) to send the appropriate command to the hydraulic control valve (85); the hydraulic motor 24 then operates to either increase or decrease the spacing between the die plates 40 and 41.
Patent GB-1030118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the exposure of a xeroradiographic light-sensitive element
IPC: G03G15/054
Filed: 1962-12-07
Abstract: A xerographic surface is exposed to X-rays using an intensifying screen having a coating of a metal salt in an insulating binder.  The screen, when exposed to X-rays, emits electromagnetic waves of a wavelength corresponding to at least one of the absorption bands of the photo-conductor forming the xerographic surface.  Examples of metallic salts are barium lead sulphate, calcium tungstate antimony trioxide, and bismuth trioxide.  The photo-conductor may be zinc oxide in an insulating resin.